Sea Turtles 101

Previously today when I was inspecting the weather projection on
NOAA.gov I observed a banner announcing that
Prior to that I didnt understand that there is a Sea Turtle Week. None-the-less it reminded me of the time that I witnessed sea turtles nesting in Costa Rica and it prompted me to look at some resources for teaching and finding out about sea turtles.

Google Arts and Culture Turtle Stories
Google Arts and Culture uses this collection of images and videos about 5 various kinds of sea turtles found off the coast of Brazil. The imagery is great however the collection is a little light on details.

Sea Turtles 101 is a video from National Geographics 101 series. As you may expect, the video covers the fundamentals of the life and development of sea turtles, the number and kind of sea turtles, recreation of sea turtles, and the ecological challenges dealing with sea turtles today. While not terribly appealing, the video is brief and helpful.

Turtle Travel Tips
Turtle Travel Tips is a cute SciShow Kids video about how leatherback sea turtles browse thousands of miles of ocean to return to nesting websites.

7 Sea Turtle Facts
7 Sea Turtle Facts is a helpful page released by NOAA. The page includes a number of videos about sea turtle environment, life, and ecological difficulties facing sea turtles.

Prior to that I didnt understand that there is a Sea Turtle Week. None-the-less it reminded me of the time that I saw sea turtles nesting in Costa Rica and it prompted me to look at some resources for teaching and learning about sea turtles. As you may expect, the video covers the fundamentals of the life and advancement of sea turtles, the number and kind of sea turtles, recreation of sea turtles, and the environmental difficulties dealing with sea turtles today.

Traveling Turtles
Traveling Turtles is an ESRI Story Map, produced by NOAA, about 3 kinds of sea turtles found in the waters around Cape Cod and how people work to save cold-stunned sea turtles on the beaches of Cape Cod.